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Dragon Ball executive producer Akio Iyoku recently opened up about Dragon Ball Daima in an interview with Mantan Web ahead of its grand finale (as translated by @Venixys on X), and here he was asked about the future of the franchise overall. With this newest project coming to an end without any potential new releases on the horizon just yet, Iyoku shared a very promising update for the anime’s future. Teasing a further expansion of the franchise, Iyoku teased there was no doubt that the franchise will keep going for “decades to come.”

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[DGrayson]

DragonBall is not for me anymore and I think it's ok. My son is 9 and he watches the new series. He has also seen all of Z and GT. Makes me smile when he watches it.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Please no, let it die.

But first release the Ocean dub of Kai.

 

[Saber]

I doubt they would let it die, it's a globally famous franchise.
The quality of the series on the other hand would be questionable. With Akira death (rest in peace, legend), I doubt they would have a quality control over the other guy writting.

 

[GateofD]

Daima is dumb. And Super was only just as good because Akira still gave his input on the overall direction.

 

[Fbh]

Not surprising but also not really exciting.
Super mostly sucked despite Toriyama still being involved (I did like the Superhero movie though), can't imagine it getting better now that he's gone.

 

[Kacho]

I’ll watch whatever they put out as long as it’s consistent. I enjoy the new stories.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Dbz is the most popular anime of all time, that it will continue to have products made for it isn't really surprising, or news really.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Pan going to be a Grandmother.

 

[winjer]

On the one hand, I love Dragon Ball.
But on the other, it seems they are milking the series for all it's got. And my fear is that they are going to run it to the ground.

 

[Lambogenie]

This is one of those series that I don't think needs to have generational newness like Power Rangers or Ninja Turtles. What they can do is instead do annual/every two year movies with characters and some new ones as side stories, but not entirely new on going series.

Unless they make Gohan lead, then I will change stance.

Or maybe teen Pan, I guess.

 

[thefool]

 

[YCoCg]

The manga for Super has finally moved onto Trunks and Goten as teenagers which opens up a lot of potential, hopefully they keep the quality in check somehow, we don't want a Super Dragon Ball Heroes story but even then, Toriyama was the most involved with Daima and a lot of folks think that's a disappointment.

 

[EverydayBeast]

DBZ’s frieza namakin saga was incredible, cell android saga felt like ancient dragon ball, buu saga felt weird, dragon ball super is amazing, Gas, Goro, Granola, Black Frieza (who they can’t seem to find) are likely new episodes.

 

[Neolombax]

Not really jiving with the latest Dragon Ball manga. I have yet to watch Daima, but reading Super was quite disappointing honestly. The fights aren't interesting and I personally dont really like the art style of Toyotaro. I think it's okay to let the series take a rest.

 

[GateofD]

The biggest minus in Super is the terrible art, most of the time during fights, you have no idea what's going on.

I know Toriyama is a genius, but going back and reading the regular Dragonball to Z, his paneling and framing for sequence of actions and fights are so smooth, you can easily follow what's actually going on in between everything.

 

[kunonabi]

The manga for Super has finally moved onto Trunks and Goten as teenagers which opens up a lot of potential, hopefully they keep the quality in check somehow, we don't want a Super Dragon Ball Heroes story but even then, Toriyama was the most involved with Daima and a lot of folks think that's a disappointment.

All of Toriyama's story telling has been bad since he returned. His slice of life and comedy chops are still strong, mostly, but his character work and plotting is still as scatters hot as it was during Buu. Now maybe that's on the people following his outlines but the result is the same. I think better dragonball stories can be told even if we're going to be missing toriyama's creativity and comedic talents.

 

[Represent.]

The one product on earth im ok with them milking for eternity. I love dragon ball.

 

[bitbydeath]

The one product on earth im ok with them milking for eternity. I love dragon ball.

Til the voice actors falter like The Simpsons.

 

[Represent.]

Til the voice actors falter like The Simpsons.

Nozawa is damn near 90, I’m sure they have her replacement in mind already. But that will be a sad day

 

[Sophist]

Dragon Ball (the manga) from the beginning to the marriage of Goku and the birth of Gohan is amazingly good, it would have been the perfect happy ending to stop there (goku is married, has a son, finally won the tournament, piccolo turning good). I don't dislike the 'Z' part but it is not as good.

 

[BlackTron]

I had already stopped keeping up on new Super episodes with Akira at the helm...

 

[GymWolf]

Lol i stopped giving a fuck after the terrible db gt

 

[MonkD]

DragonBall is not for me anymore and I think it's ok. My son is 9 and he watches the new series. He has also seen all of Z and GT. Makes me smile when he watches it.

As it should be. Those of us who grew up with the manga are middle aged at this point. Although DragonBall is works for all ages in a way, it has always been childish (which is core to its charm).

 

[MonkD]

Not really jiving with the latest Dragon Ball manga. I have yet to watch Daima, but reading Super was quite disappointing honestly. The fights aren't interesting and I personally dont really like the art style of Toyotaro. I think it's okay to let the series take a rest.

I felt like the pacing was very inconcitent. And it was especially weird that they decided to skip things like Frieza coming back and Broly. Two things that are canon and core the ongoing story. You can tell that the art isn't as good as Toriyama, but the writing is what has been taken me out of it. But I've only read up to the half-way point of the Moro arc.

 

[Rockondevil]

I really enjoyed Super, but Daima doesn't interest me. I'm always ready for more though as there'll be stories I am interested in eventually.

 

[Represent.]

Last weeks episode of Daima had one of the best fight scenes in the entire franchise, this weeks should be even better.

 

[Paltheos]

Can't say I'm interested. I'm not sure I'm the audience for this show, and I haven't liked what I've seen of newer stuff. The art's a big step down in detail from Z, as is the music (the Japanese scores are usually passable). Characters have been worse too - too goofy. Last point started showing through at the end of Z and didn't change in a way I liked.

 

[Enturax]

I doubt they would let it die, it's a globally famous franchise.
The quality of the series on the other hand would be questionable. With Akira death (rest in peace, legend), I doubt they would have a quality control over the other guy writting.

They never had quality control, even the Manga hardly did - tons of dumb shit in there that's made even the Anime counterpart jealous, sometimes.

I’ll watch whatever they put out as long as it’s consistent. I enjoy the new stories.

It's literally not consistent already, and Daima made it even more obvious.

Dbz is the most popular anime of all time, that it will continue to have products made for it isn't really surprising, or news really.

Z, yes, while the modern stuff would never be even in 5% as popular if it wasn't for the old series.

 

[Kacho]

It's literally not consistent already, and Daima made it even more obvious.

I was talking about the quality. I enjoyed Daima like I did Super and the recent movies.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Z, yes, while the modern stuff would never be even in 5% as popular if it wasn't for the old series.

Well yes, the new stuff wouldn't exist if the old stuff wasn't popular obviously, that's how popularity works.

 

[YCoCg]

One of the last notes from Toriyama was the Vegeta beating Goku fight

 

[HRK69]

Nice

That means that Dokkan Battle will stay for a while too

 

[kevboard]

it jumped the shark in the 90s. might as well keep it going now

 

[Doom85]

Like, I enjoyed the Super anime, but I feel the franchise shouldn’t go past wherever the Super manga ends. Toyotarou was at least approved by Toriyama and worked with him for quite a while, so him continuing to write Super is fine by me, but if we start getting total randos as the main writers, fuck off with that.

 

[Shubh_C63]

I just want to see the latest manga arc which people have said is one of the best arc in DB to be animated like in ToP or Daima style.
Its gotta happen even though there were license issue or something. Everybody loves money.

 

[DeVeAn]

Nothing could ever stop me from being a fan of Dragonball especially not old age. Goku easily one of the GOATS.

 

[chromhound]

Make a sequel to GT... A story after Goku leaving earth

 

[YCoCg]

Make a sequel to GT... A story after Goku leaving earth

We already know what happens in the GT timeline after the events, the world just moves onto a peace time with no major threats.

 

[EverydayBeast]

I want to see the Jiren revenge arc, that alone will be a win for the Dragon Ball Z brand, but since the death of the creator, the weird kid goku thing, some poorly made games etc. things are looking pretty grim.

My solution I’d say is a granola tv show, moro, gas and black frieza season.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Only DB and Z plus the movies of Z were great anyway.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I like all of Dragon Ball, new and old. Sure, some of it is attributable to nostalgia, but I stand by the majority of it being the absolutely rich world Toriyama created. It's so silly, so 80's, so Kung fu everyone is a martial artist, there are talking animals living among humans, dragons and magic wishes.

Anyone with a shred of writing skill (and they'll surely go with people who have more than that) you'd be able to tell stories in the Dragon World for the rest of your life. There are so many possibilities just in the way the universe expanded with the Super lore. If it sucks, I won't watch/play/read it. But if it doesn't, fuck yeah, I'm in.

 

[kindaGoth]

I’ve not watched much since Z. I think the nostalgia might be required for my enjoyment or the new series I’ve dipped my toe into just aren’t as compelling. Mostly, I probably miss hand drawn animation with every modern cartoon I watch.

Still, I’d be interested to watch the best the franchise has had to offer since Z.

 

[Codes 208]

One of the last notes from Toriyama was the Vegeta beating Goku fight

And canonizing ssj4, we cant forget about that (since daima was the last thing he approved of before passing away.)

 

[Diddy X]

Just remember to remake the old epic scenes as dull, soft fit for new audiences, that makes me so excited, FU toei.

 

[Enturax]

Well yes, the new stuff wouldn't exist if the old stuff wasn't popular obviously, that's how popularity works.

My point is that Daima and Super are so crap that nobody would have cared about them had they not been called "Dragon Ball".

 

[Enturax]

One of the last notes from Toriyama was the Vegeta beating Goku fight

And canonizing ssj4, we cant forget about that (since daima was the last thing he approved of before passing away.)

"He did the cheap fanservice thing, therefore it's good writing!"

-modern fans, every time.

 

[YCoCg]

modern fans,

Is 26 years a fan "modern"?

 

[ShirAhava]

Dragonball is dead is every way that matters.
Everything after "Wrath of the Dragon" is either crappy fan fiction (GT) or nostalgic cash grabs (Super, Daima)

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

My point is that Daima and Super are so crap

Great, that has nothing to do with what I said.